Meet Violet Mackerel - a girl with a mission to think outside the box. Violet invents her "Theory of Leaving Small Things" (when you leave something small in a nice place, so a tiny bit of you gets to stay too). Then there are two lots of special news: Mum and Vincent are getting married, and they'll all be moving to a new house. Violet is excited about the wedding part (she will wear a dress with fairy wings) but not so keen on the moving house: brother Dylan is not keen on ANY of it. Whilst everyone pitches in on the preparations, he pitches his tent right in the middle of the wedding party. Can Violet help Dylan leave part of himself behind while they all move on together?

 

This book is part of a book series called Violet Mackerel .

There are 96 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2013 by Walker Books Ltd .

Anna Branford was born on the Isle of Man, but lives in Australia, where she lectures in Sociology and writes children's books, as well as making dolls using recycled materials. Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot was Honour book in the Children's Book Council of Australia, Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers Notable Books for 2011. Illustrator Sam Wilson lives in Staffordshire. Violet Mackerel is her first series for children.